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Last week I told you about how I open a Google account for each of my children so they can file their typed papers and assignments in Google Drive.  Now I want to tell you another way to collaborate with your students using Google.

I am currently homeschooling the five of my six children who have not yet graduated high school.  The youngest is 11, so all of them are typing weekly papers and managing a myriad of assignments.  Sometimes they need help simultaneously, and I’ve found that our homeschool day is most efficient if everyone...

Homeschooling parents:  Would you like to hear about the easiest method ever for storing your students’ papers, memories, and assignments?  I present to you… Google Drive!

I have six children (currently ages 11-19).  When they were young I went ahead and opened a Google account for each of them and saved the passwords.  Throughout the year it is easy to email them funny stories that I would otherwise forget, photographs, and keepsakes that they will enjoy when I turn the account over to them in their teen years.

Our family belongs to a Classical Conversations homeschooling community, and Google Drive...

Call me a nerd, but I derive great joy from sitting before a lengthy, complicated sentence and breaking it down into its most basic form:  individual words scattered across my writing surface on a jumble of straight lines, curved lines, and angles.

Diagramming is stereotypically an exercise that is enjoyed by only the most extreme grammar nerds and teacher's pets.  But I want to show you how diagramming can appeal to a myriad of students with differing strengths and interests.

Diagramming is a science that can be appreciated not only by grammar nerds but also by STEM brains, as it is...

Some of our customers have recently experienced issues at Office Depot with having their Brashcards printed, so we are providing a print release authorizing you to print our materials without hassle.  This documentation will be included in the files of future Brashcards packs.

Last year, Grammar Nerds Club launched a fun winter challenge with a free set of 20 Brashcards. Our popular #WinterBrashcardsChallenge was created with the goal of helping your students keep their diagramming skills sharp during their winter break from school. 

Last year's challenge included 20 sentences that accompanied the book Detectives in Togas. We also provided a downloadable packet of resources for teachers and tutors that included Brash sticker charts, flyers for parents (with instructions on printing their downloads), Clubhouse ID cards (punch cards), and Brash Ca$h.

In preparation for this year's challenge, we'd love some feedback from our Brashcard fans. Which of the following...